Insight

Principles of datagraphic design

1. All data represent one of 3 dimensions: WHAT | WHEN | WHERE?

2. Every datagraphic visualizes a relationship among the dimensions.

3. There is an appropriate visualization for every relationship.

4. The visualization should be efficiently designed.

5. The design should reveal the insight.

Guide to datagraphic design

Examples

Largest US corporations and their defense contracts

IPO activity 2005-2011

Colorado foreclosure map

Premarital sex and relationships

Audiology report

A datagraphic smorgasbord from The Atlantic

Hockey players' birth months from Gladwell (2008)

National assessment scores on PISA 2009

Water temperature time series

Cholesterol report

Virginia Vehicle code

Portfolio analysis

The Brandeis brief

Hurricane forecast

Streamflow of the Mississippi River 1931-1991

Dow-Jones historical data

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